Excerpt from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zydeco The origin of the word “zydeco” is uncertain. One theory is that it derives from the French phrase Les haricots ne sont pas salés, which, when spoken in Louisiana French, sounds as [lez‿a.ɾi.ko nə sɔ̃ pa saˈle]. This literally translates as “the snap beans aren’t salty” but idiomatically as “times are hard”, signifying the speaker’s fatigue or…